Beautiful Mt McKinley as the back drop for this years race.
Puppies!!!
Look at how excited the dogs are to start.
And Jazzie is only dressed to look like a fool, poor puppy.
Wolf man...only in Alaska.
Mr. Alaska in his donated Dave Green fur of the year.
Jeff King posing for the camera.
Deedee Jonrowe off to a great start.
Lance Mackey's a tough lookin' dude.
Martin Buser getting his race on.
Linwood Fiedler, a local Willow favorite.We went out to the Iditarod re-start in Willow this last weekend. What a blast! I don't remember EVER going to a start or re-start growing up. We have friends who own a cabin on Willow Lake, the very place they hold the re-start so we were able to just walk over with our VIP passes and roam freely about the place. There were vendors selling paraphernalia like fur hats and yummy alaskan treats like reindeer sausage at the community center. There were dogs and sleds and mushers everywhere getting ready for the big start. I went around with a friend of Jonie Thackers from Montana that had never been to Alaska or the Iditarod before where we wandered aimlessly enjoying all the festivities, food and fun like kids in a candy store. It was good to get reacquainted with an exclusive Alaskan tradition like the Iditarod.
